AOSP Building Blocks (December 2014)

AOSP Building Blocks (December 2014)

[As seen on Droidcon NL 2014 and GDG Lyon Android UG]

Most of the Android developers are able to build awesome apps, but do we really know how the Android OS works? In some cases, as when developing a new product, adding customised apps is not enough, and OS modifications are required.
To be able to modify Android at its core, this talk will guide you through the complete process, from setting the correct environment, configuring the different Google’s repositories and downloading the source code, to understand the structure of the source code and how to modify it.